Introduction; Lesson Number 1: The Strange Sex Life of Cardon; Lesson Number 2: A Pollination Mix-Up Is Not Always a Bad Thing; Lesson Number 3: A Rare Plant-Pollinator Collaboration; Lesson Number 4: What's an Insect-Eating Bat Like You Doing in a Cardon Flower?; Lesson Number 5: Some Pollinators Run Marathons Most Days of Their Lives; Lesson Number 6: Tortilla Flats Is Only One Stop in a Long Journey for Many Animals; Lesson Number 7: No Species Is an Island; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Further Reading; Index
Summary
"The book describes for a general natural history audience the unexpected scientific discoveries Fleming's research team made during an intensive 11-year study of four species of Sonoran Desert columnar cacti and their pollinators"--Provided by publisher
